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in the romney debate senator ted kennedy back in 1994. yeah, you're right. we've seen some reporting on this that, you know, mitt romney is doing a lot of preparation on this for this debate. maybe focussing on zingers and one-liners, and also the campaign says what mitt romney really wants to do on wednesday night where the two candidates showed down and show that choice between what mitt romney would do in the white house over the next four years or what president obama would do if re-elected. >> poeshltyly. nine out of the ten key battleground states. now romney has actually -- he has debated almost 20 times in the primary season. how does he actually change people's impression of him? particularly his likability factor. >> and we've seen that he has a little bit of a deficit, yovrl, when it comes to likability, when it comes to his favorable and unfavorable numbers compared to the president in a lot of these polls. yeah, i think part of -- a little bit of what he is going to try to do is show more of the human face, and we've seen him try to do that on t
in the romney debate senator ted kennedy back in 1994. yeah, you're right. we've seen some reporting on this that, you know, mitt romney is doing a lot of preparation on this for this debate. maybe focussing on zingers and one-liners, and also the campaign says what mitt romney really wants to do on wednesday night where the two candidates showed down and show that choice between what mitt romney would do in the white house over the next four years or what president obama would do if...
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universally we were said, look, romney won the debate. no question about it. what are the republicans saying? money is coming in and enthusiasm on the ground when people are saying will you come and register voters than they were 24 hours ago. this helps romney with the base, republican energy, grass roots effort and republican money. one wha are the democrats saying? they say the president better show up next time and hopes his staff takes him in the room and say you need to care about this, you need to be passionate. you need to call governor romney when he leaves you openings and you need to show people you care and want to be there. wolf, here's the key question, we know what will give republicans energy, but also going into the debate romney was down a handful in florida, handful or more in virginia, handful or more in ohio where you just showed the president moments ago in wisconsin. come to the electoral map, this is the big question. first of three debates, gives republicans energy at a time many of them were beginning to worry about the top of the tic
universally we were said, look, romney won the debate. no question about it. what are the republicans saying? money is coming in and enthusiasm on the ground when people are saying will you come and register voters than they were 24 hours ago. this helps romney with the base, republican energy, grass roots effort and republican money. one wha are the democrats saying? they say the president better show up next time and hopes his staff takes him in the room and say you need to care about this,...
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>>ut romney needed a good debate. >> absolutely. >> romney needed it and the press needed. a race is good for the press. >> that's true. >> and that's good for america. >> it's good for america. >> we should all be heavily courted. i'm happy we've got a race on our hands. >> i bet you are heavily courted. [ laughter ] >> we've heard so many boxing metaphors which always are applicable when we're talking debates one-on-one of course. barack obama is a competitive guy. there's no way he can't come back and figure this out -- >> i don't want to use shopping metaphors, i don't think sports metaphors, you lose me in all that. >> because men are not supposed to like to shop, right, governor? nice tie. you like my jacket? >> if romney could pull one thing back which would be more than the 47%, he went the wrong direction in the auto industry. that's going to kill him in ohio. >> there's also things i think president obama would like to pull back. >> all of us. >> same with latinos, he'd like to pull back having offered he was going to do immigration reform in the first year a prom
>>ut romney needed a good debate. >> absolutely. >> romney needed it and the press needed. a race is good for the press. >> that's true. >> and that's good for america. >> it's good for america. >> we should all be heavily courted. i'm happy we've got a race on our hands. >> i bet you are heavily courted. [ laughter ] >> we've heard so many boxing metaphors which always are applicable when we're talking debates one-on-one of course. barack...
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so i thought that was a good debate in many respects for governor romney. probably the best was reassuring, he was thoughtful and knowledgeable and showed he's ready to be commander in chief. >> i was doing the focus group in orlando which meant a really long drive late last night after the debate and one of the focus group people, actually a couple of them were saying that they felt, it struck them that governor romney agreed with president obama a lot. a number of times during the debate. i want to play a few chunks of that first. >> i felt the same as the president did. i want to underscore that the same point the president made. the president was right to up the usage of that technology. >> there have been times, governor, frankly, during the course of this campaign where it sounded like you thought that you'd do the same things we did, but you'd say them louder. >> so, is that problematic? when you have both campaigns that have said there are clear differences. this is how you're basically being attacked by a fly here. this is, you know, there are clea
so i thought that was a good debate in many respects for governor romney. probably the best was reassuring, he was thoughtful and knowledgeable and showed he's ready to be commander in chief. >> i was doing the focus group in orlando which meant a really long drive late last night after the debate and one of the focus group people, actually a couple of them were saying that they felt, it struck them that governor romney agreed with president obama a lot. a number of times during the...
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mitt romney took newt gingrich head on at the cnn debate last week. they went back and forth on who profited from fannie mae and freddie mac. remember? >> speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them, to influence other people throughout washington, encouraging them to not to dismantle these two entities. i think that was an enormous mistake. i think instead we should have had a whistle-blower and not a horn tooter. he should have stood up and telling the american people that these entities were causing a housing bubble that would cause a collapse that we have seen here in florida and around the country. and are they a problem today? absolutely. they're offering mortgages, again, to people who can't possibly repay them. we're creating another housing bubble which will hurt the american people. the right course for our housing industry is to get people back to work so they can buy homes again. we have 9.9% unemployment in florida. it is unthinkable. 18% real unemployment here. get people back to work, we'll get people into homes, get the f
mitt romney took newt gingrich head on at the cnn debate last week. they went back and forth on who profited from fannie mae and freddie mac. remember? >> speaker gingrich was hired by freddie mac to promote them, to influence other people throughout washington, encouraging them to not to dismantle these two entities. i think that was an enormous mistake. i think instead we should have had a whistle-blower and not a horn tooter. he should have stood up and telling the american people that...
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a lot of hours away from round two of the obama/romney debate. miguel is going to continue his trip around the country. really look iing at some of the important, critical counties where they're analyzing those voters who could truly make the decision in this election. >> all the swing states in the country, the state of them that's had the fastest job growth in the past year, ohio. and, you know, when the obama people -- >> republican governor there. >> that is the last line of defense for obama in a much darker kind of outlock over the last couple of weeks. that ohio -- he still has a lead there. and that is really the last -- as long as -- but it's tightening. as long as he's ahead there, very hard to see romney getting -- >> need ohio to win. >> republicans almost certainly need ohio to win. almost certainly. >> ohio is the new florida. >> ohio is the old ohio. >> ohio is the -- black and the new brown. always trying to get a plug in for his state, that congressman chaffetz. >>> woel talk to a young man whose first album sold more than 5 mill
a lot of hours away from round two of the obama/romney debate. miguel is going to continue his trip around the country. really look iing at some of the important, critical counties where they're analyzing those voters who could truly make the decision in this election. >> all the swing states in the country, the state of them that's had the fastest job growth in the past year, ohio. and, you know, when the obama people -- >> republican governor there. >> that is the last line...
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mitt romney is also hunkered down for debate prep as well. obviously, both of them knowing this is their last debate before the election, basically wting to, again, win. who is going to win the debate. also trying to score some points off each other and make their last major big appeal to americans to vote for them. we know it will be devoted entirely to foreign policy and national security. an area that doesn't rate as highly in terms as jobs and the economy for americans, but again, another chance for both candidates to try and make appeals to the voters. >> a lot of people will be watching. shannon travis, thanks for the update. >> it's not the candidates who are just doing all the talking. there are also some influential newspapers making their choices. the denver post is throwing its weight behind president obama. the newspaper published an op-ed on friday writing that the president has shown that, quote, he is a steady leader who keeps the interests of a broad array of americans in mind. the newspaper said that his opponent, mitt romney
mitt romney is also hunkered down for debate prep as well. obviously, both of them knowing this is their last debate before the election, basically wting to, again, win. who is going to win the debate. also trying to score some points off each other and make their last major big appeal to americans to vote for them. we know it will be devoted entirely to foreign policy and national security. an area that doesn't rate as highly in terms as jobs and the economy for americans, but again, another...
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mitt romney in the first debate knew he was behind. going into this last debate, the president's campaign saw the polls tightening. they didn't like what they were seeing. they understood the president has an advantage when it comes to foreign policy. commander in chief has had some foreign policy successes. mitt romney not as comfortable on that terrain. so they decided to attack. and i think you'd have to say that it worked for them. what they're going after, wolf, not so much the undersided voters because there aren't many of those left, it's what one pollster described to me today as fluctuating voters. voters who go back and forth between the candidates who may have been for obama in 2008, little diseffect ed decided they'd give romney a look. and the big thing for the romney campaign is they want mitt romney to be acceptable to those voters who are fluctuating as they put it. >> the obama campaign put out an ad sort of a summation if you will. let me play a little clip. >> here's my plan for the next four years. making education
mitt romney in the first debate knew he was behind. going into this last debate, the president's campaign saw the polls tightening. they didn't like what they were seeing. they understood the president has an advantage when it comes to foreign policy. commander in chief has had some foreign policy successes. mitt romney not as comfortable on that terrain. so they decided to attack. and i think you'd have to say that it worked for them. what they're going after, wolf, not so much the undersided...
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round two of the obama-romney debate is tonight. but when it comes to measuring the pulse of american politics, there's probably no place more reliable than stark county, ohio. it's one of the most competitive swing counties in a state that reliably picks presidents. miguel marquez is in hartville, ohio. that is where he spoke with some very discerning voters. what did you find out for us? >> well, they are the very most discerning voters. we came here because, you know, no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. this race is certainly tightened up since that first debate. obama had a seven to ten-point lead before that debate. now it's about a three-point edge over romney. so we came here to lovely hartville, ohio, to talk to people to figure out what makes them tick. this is stark county, ohio. a front line in this battleground state. so closely tracked state in national voting patterns, this place puts the bell in bellwether. steve has formed in hartville, ohio, this whole life. today he's planting winter wh
round two of the obama-romney debate is tonight. but when it comes to measuring the pulse of american politics, there's probably no place more reliable than stark county, ohio. it's one of the most competitive swing counties in a state that reliably picks presidents. miguel marquez is in hartville, ohio. that is where he spoke with some very discerning voters. what did you find out for us? >> well, they are the very most discerning voters. we came here because, you know, no republican has...
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last debate that sort of made people wonder who this mitt romney was. and i think the president is going to respectfully but forcefully force him to own some of the change in position. and so i think actually the expectations for romney are higher. you know, the president, though, with the town hall format, look, he ran, you know, encouraging people to be with him. there's nobody really who feels your pain, more engaged, who is more personal than barack obama. >> how about bill clinton? >> all right. you got me on that. >> but i think that the format is going to work for the president, and i think that when mitt romney has to face people who are saying, wait a second, what about us? i'm not sure he's going to be so successful there. >> i think one of the president's strengths is that he answers questions directly when he's one-on-one with people. and i think that's actually going to come through in this format. and i think you're right, hillary, this format really does play to the president's strengths in terms of his ability to connect and have a relat
last debate that sort of made people wonder who this mitt romney was. and i think the president is going to respectfully but forcefully force him to own some of the change in position. and so i think actually the expectations for romney are higher. you know, the president, though, with the town hall format, look, he ran, you know, encouraging people to be with him. there's nobody really who feels your pain, more engaged, who is more personal than barack obama. >> how about bill clinton?...
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tonight is debate night between president obama and mitt romney. here is a live look at debate hall at university of denver. we'll again with our debate expert, brett o'donnell of o'donnell and associates, he advised mr. romney earlier this year, coached him in what was considered to be his most successful debate in the premarry in the state of florida. >> wouldn't it be nice if people didn't make accusations somewhere else they weren't willing to defend here? >> nice to see you again. not to have you next to us in the studio but great to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's walk through what we can expect tonight. i know you're not coaching either candidate. what would your advice be? mitt romney must do what and not do what? president obama must do what and not do what? >> sure. governor romney has to make the debate about the president's economic policies and he has to connect those to the economic conditions we're in now. right now, people believe the economy is bad, but they're not blaming the president for it. tonight governor romney, standi
tonight is debate night between president obama and mitt romney. here is a live look at debate hall at university of denver. we'll again with our debate expert, brett o'donnell of o'donnell and associates, he advised mr. romney earlier this year, coached him in what was considered to be his most successful debate in the premarry in the state of florida. >> wouldn't it be nice if people didn't make accusations somewhere else they weren't willing to defend here? >> nice to see you...
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mitt romney had the permanent smile on the last debate. when the president is saying if you're 55 and 56 years old, listen up, this matters on your health care system and mitt romney had a permanent smile. >> there was a town hall exchange in 2004 between senator kerry and president bush. let's watch that. because president bush got very vocal. >> mr. president, let's extend for a minute. >> i got to aner this. >> exactly. with reservists being held on duty -- >> let me answer what he just said -- >> well, i want to get into the issue. >> you tell tony blair we're going alone. tell tony blair we're going alone. tell berlusconi we're going alone. >> i love this clip. i will tell you what i like about it. the rule of thumb with our gestures, our gestures should be within the frame of our body. when we get bigger, we can do that when we're talking to a bigger audience. when we see george bush, he takes his hand out, he's saying this is a big issue right here, i need to address what just happened. he puts that hand out and then he continues to
mitt romney had the permanent smile on the last debate. when the president is saying if you're 55 and 56 years old, listen up, this matters on your health care system and mitt romney had a permanent smile. >> there was a town hall exchange in 2004 between senator kerry and president bush. let's watch that. because president bush got very vocal. >> mr. president, let's extend for a minute. >> i got to aner this. >> exactly. with reservists being held on duty -- >>...
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two bad debates could be loses the war. >> reporter: romney has enjoyed a post-debate bounce in the polls and a boost of confidence on the campaign trail. >> there's more flrg and passion. people are getting behind this campaign. >> at a town hall without a podium and with audience interaction, the campaign's style and body language can take on added weight. commentators said bill clinton walking toward the audience to answer a question about the recession highlighted his ability to connect with the voters. >> can we focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud? >> reporter: analysts say the format could be good for the president. >> he will absolutely be able to draw from that energy, from the energy of the public and the crowd. >> reporter: as for romney. >> one of his big challenges during this entire campaign has been not being aible to connect with the common man and woman and child. he's got to be able to come across as corrennecting, as genuine, as caring. >> the stakes couldn't be higher. athena jones, cnn, washington. >> you can see the second presidential debate liv
two bad debates could be loses the war. >> reporter: romney has enjoyed a post-debate bounce in the polls and a boost of confidence on the campaign trail. >> there's more flrg and passion. people are getting behind this campaign. >> at a town hall without a podium and with audience interaction, the campaign's style and body language can take on added weight. commentators said bill clinton walking toward the audience to answer a question about the recession highlighted his...
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romney got one out of the first debate. we'll see if it lasts. this science is not exact but it's pretty darn good. if you look back over time, it's pretty darn good. when you see the conspiracy theories you have to say it's the politics of the moment. every now and then you see a poll that you say well, that doesn't lookight. i look at ours every time before we put them on the air and the guys who do it for us do it just right. >> go ahead, gloria. >> anderson, i also think it actually kind of affects the campaign in its own way because as the old saying goes, nothing sticks to you like success so when you have a candidate like mitt romney who has been down, maybe some of his voters are less enthusiastic because they think oh, he might not win. suddenly, he's got the wind at his back. suddenly they're thinking gosh, maybe this guy can win, maybe i ought to turn out and vote. then his base might become more enthusiastic, thinking they can beat president obama. it can also work on the other side, that people think oh, president obama really needs
romney got one out of the first debate. we'll see if it lasts. this science is not exact but it's pretty darn good. if you look back over time, it's pretty darn good. when you see the conspiracy theories you have to say it's the politics of the moment. every now and then you see a poll that you say well, that doesn't lookight. i look at ours every time before we put them on the air and the guys who do it for us do it just right. >> go ahead, gloria. >> anderson, i also think it...
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romney campaign surrogate. debated romney himself in the 2008 campaign. nice to have you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> talk about how you think a version 2.0 is going to go? we've heard from the administration's side i think the word they've used is more engaged or aggressive. >> passionate. >> passionate was the word. >> it's a different debate. it's going to be very interesting to compare them. very, very different. mostly audience questions. i don't know how -- how aggressive you can get in a debate like that. probably you're going to see a performance like joe biden. if that had been an audience thing they'd have wondered what he was laughing at. i think mitt romney will be very, very good. as you said, i debated mitt 11 times. i've watched him debate another 20 times. he's always good. sometimes he's great as he was last time. he's never bad. we know he's going to have a very steady to a very, very good performance. the president's more of a question. the last performance was really troubling. it's the reason i think these poms ha polls have go
romney campaign surrogate. debated romney himself in the 2008 campaign. nice to have you with us. >> nice to be with you. >> talk about how you think a version 2.0 is going to go? we've heard from the administration's side i think the word they've used is more engaged or aggressive. >> passionate. >> passionate was the word. >> it's a different debate. it's going to be very interesting to compare them. very, very different. mostly audience questions. i don't know...
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and that's what they should be debating. what they should be debating is why the economy is in such bad shape. why president wasn't able to fix it the first two years he was in office when he had a democratic majority, house and senate. those are the kind of things i like to hear about. not maybe a mistake mitt romney makes or a mistake joe biden makes or a mistake some crazy congressman this guy running for the senate, i mean, his comment was probably the most idiotic of all. >> are you excited about the convention, rudy, or are you slightly apprehensionive? >> i'm only apprehensive because of the storm it i think it's going to be a great convention. i'm really looking forward to chris christie's speech. i was the first republican from outside of the state of new jersey to support chris. so i consider him a good friend and somebody whose career i watched right from the very, very beginning. from the first day he announced right in front of jon corzine's house which will give you the idea the kind of guy he is. right in your
and that's what they should be debating. what they should be debating is why the economy is in such bad shape. why president wasn't able to fix it the first two years he was in office when he had a democratic majority, house and senate. those are the kind of things i like to hear about. not maybe a mistake mitt romney makes or a mistake joe biden makes or a mistake some crazy congressman this guy running for the senate, i mean, his comment was probably the most idiotic of all. >> are you...
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so romney i think overall most people would say you know, romney overall had a better debate than ryan did. i thought ryan was fine. >> those who were watching. >> cleared the bar and so on. i don't think romney looks at the ryan performance and says i need to model myself after that. i think ryan was very clearly just trying to sort of establish, you know, sort of keep the momentum going. deliver a sort of solid calibrated performance and not give the democrats some big sound bite that they could latch onto. >> in fact he did give them some things. i mean, i think this is a problem on substance, not on form but on substance with paul ryan. paul ryan and mitt romney need to reconcile their positions with respect to abortion. that's really clear that they have to do that. they have to reconcile where they are in terms of saying where it is that their $5 trillion is going to come from if not on the backs of middle class americans. a lot of substance -- >> needs to reconcile their position on where they are on benghazi. >> right. i mean joe biden -- we spent today listening to the white h
so romney i think overall most people would say you know, romney overall had a better debate than ryan did. i thought ryan was fine. >> those who were watching. >> cleared the bar and so on. i don't think romney looks at the ryan performance and says i need to model myself after that. i think ryan was very clearly just trying to sort of establish, you know, sort of keep the momentum going. deliver a sort of solid calibrated performance and not give the democrats some big sound bite...
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but mitt romney did excellent in this debate. and i think he was the winner of both debates. >> so just one last question about candy crowley. you did say she aided and abetted. so, do you take it back or do you still think that? >> i don't take it back. i'm not saying she deliberately did that. i don't think candy would do that. i do think she's fair and i watch her show every sunday morning. and i like her. i don't know her personally. but i like her. but i'm not taking back my statement. but she did, if inadvertently, she did aid and abet president obama in that exchange. >> well, as i said, what she said was accurate and she stands by it. thank you, congressman, for being with us this morning. we certainly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> our big story of the day is also our talk back question. what did you take away from last nig night's presidential debate? facebook.com/carolcnn. [ female announcer ] you can make macaroni & cheese without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar
but mitt romney did excellent in this debate. and i think he was the winner of both debates. >> so just one last question about candy crowley. you did say she aided and abetted. so, do you take it back or do you still think that? >> i don't take it back. i'm not saying she deliberately did that. i don't think candy would do that. i do think she's fair and i watch her show every sunday morning. and i like her. i don't know her personally. but i like her. but i'm not taking back my...
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president obama, mitt romney getting ready for that debate. new polls show the race is getting even tighter. this morning we're going to talk to mark mckinnon from the no labels campaign. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani will be my guest. delaware governor jack markell will join us. also the pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the taliban now heads to england for her medical care. got a live report straight ahead from islamabad. and the presidential election means gold, comedy gold. "saturday night live" of course. late night laughs, as well. take a look at how it works, what makes a successful political comedy. all that and much more ahead at 7:00. >> and thank you so much. zoraida? >> fearless felix baumgartner living up to his name. the austrian daredevil going where no skydiver has gone before. shattering records with a death-defying jump from 24 miles up, falling faster than the speed of sound. cnn's brian todd watched it all unfold. >> with a heart-pounding hop into the stratosphere, felix baumgartner makes history. he
president obama, mitt romney getting ready for that debate. new polls show the race is getting even tighter. this morning we're going to talk to mark mckinnon from the no labels campaign. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani will be my guest. delaware governor jack markell will join us. also the pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by the taliban now heads to england for her medical care. got a live report straight ahead from islamabad. and the presidential election means gold,...
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romney in massachusetts prepping for the debate. obama in virginia. it is their last full day to get ready for the big night tomorrow night. a night some say could make or break this year's election. well, the president did take time off. a half hour break this weekend to deliver pizzas to his local campaign field office. but for the most part, he's been holed up and studying as mitt romney was this weekend. mark preston, political editor, joins us now from hofstra university on long island where the candidates will face off. mark, you have so much to tell us. first off explain the format for us. >> reporter: you know, carol, this is something we haven't seen this debate season, certainly in the general election season, i should say. we're actually going to have questions coming directly from audience members. members that were picked by the gallup organization on behalf of the commission on presidential debates. they will be able to question the candidates themselves. also interesting, the candates will be sitting on highcha chai. they'll be able to
romney in massachusetts prepping for the debate. obama in virginia. it is their last full day to get ready for the big night tomorrow night. a night some say could make or break this year's election. well, the president did take time off. a half hour break this weekend to deliver pizzas to his local campaign field office. but for the most part, he's been holed up and studying as mitt romney was this weekend. mark preston, political editor, joins us now from hofstra university on long island...
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listen, was it mitt romney's best debate? no, it wasn't. he did what he needed to do. he needed to bring rick santorum down to size. after the debate was over mark and i were in the spin room. i was talking to some top romney advisors. they were very pleased with what happened and they're confident. kyra, they say they're confident they'll win not only in arizona but also that close contest in michigan. >> rick perry also in mesa making a pretty bold prediction. >> well, yeah. >> we may have two or three more front-runners before august gets here. it won't surprise me for this to go all the way to the convention. >> what do you guys make of that? mark preston? >> reporter: well, i think that rick perry, of course, is a newt gingrich supporter and newt gingrich was talking about going all the way to the convention, right? >> what's the reality? what's the reality of that? >> reporter: well, the reality is, first of all, at least rick perry was on message which some would say during debates he wasn't on message. >> reporter: for the first time. >> reporter: for the first
listen, was it mitt romney's best debate? no, it wasn't. he did what he needed to do. he needed to bring rick santorum down to size. after the debate was over mark and i were in the spin room. i was talking to some top romney advisors. they were very pleased with what happened and they're confident. kyra, they say they're confident they'll win not only in arizona but also that close contest in michigan. >> rick perry also in mesa making a pretty bold prediction. >> well, yeah....
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we know that governor romney has said in the third debate that u.s. is on track to follow greece, that america is the next greece. is this just really hot rhetoric or is it likely? >> it was a wonderful little sound bite, wasn't it? if obama gets elected, u.s. is the next greece. it's just hyperbole the differences between the u.s. and greece are so enormous that it doesn't really bear really fair comparison. not only because the u.s. has got the dollar, which is the world's largest reserve currency and largest market and growing at 2% and employment at 7.8%. all these issues. what the governor is talking about, of course, is debt and deficits. and the very high level of u.s. debt, which at some point is going to have to be addressed. whoever gets elected to the white house, whichever party takes the house and the senate, they are going to have to deal with the debt crisis. >> now, also got a chance to ask richard about his stateside train trip through the u.s. talked to voters from chicago through iowa and utah and california. >> this was brilliant.
we know that governor romney has said in the third debate that u.s. is on track to follow greece, that america is the next greece. is this just really hot rhetoric or is it likely? >> it was a wonderful little sound bite, wasn't it? if obama gets elected, u.s. is the next greece. it's just hyperbole the differences between the u.s. and greece are so enormous that it doesn't really bear really fair comparison. not only because the u.s. has got the dollar, which is the world's largest...
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president obama and governor mitt romney face off in their second debate tuesday. a town hall moderated by cnn's candy crowley who says the format presents a unique challenge for the candidates. >> the challenges that they've got to connect not just with the people that are looking into the television and watching them, but to the people that are on the stage with them, some 80 or so undecided voters as chosen by gallop, so they have to keep those folks in mind. it's a much more intimate and up close adventure with voters. >> reporter: president obama is under pressure after his last turn on the debate stage got bad reviews. >> one bad debate is lose aing battle. two bad debates could very well mean he loses the war. >> i think you're going to see a very different president obama this time around. he has to be seen as being aggress i have, but, yet, he can't be seen as being overly aggressive. >> romney has enjoyed a post-debate bounce in national polls, and a boost of confidence on the campaign trail. >> there's more energy and passion. people are getting behind t
president obama and governor mitt romney face off in their second debate tuesday. a town hall moderated by cnn's candy crowley who says the format presents a unique challenge for the candidates. >> the challenges that they've got to connect not just with the people that are looking into the television and watching them, but to the people that are on the stage with them, some 80 or so undecided voters as chosen by gallop, so they have to keep those folks in mind. it's a much more intimate...
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it's clear that that debate has really, really helped mitt romney. >> yeah, i don't think the romney campaign could have wanted to do any more with this debate than they did. if you look across the board at these numbers, wolf, romney has made gains in almost every area including somebody who's better able to improve the jobs situation. he leads -- romney leads obama by eight points on that. so whether it's on the economy, whether it's on leadership, he's now tied with the president. as far as leadership ability is concerned. so i think romney got everything out of that debate and more. >> he certainly did. and if you take a look at -- let me put the numbers back on the screen one more time. earlier this month before the debate, romney was behind the president, the president, 51%, romney, 43%. eight-point difference. now 49% for romney, 45% for obama, a four-point spread. that's a 12-point spread in only, what, three weeks, shall we say? and clearly the major development was his strong performs at that debate. >> you know, wolf, it just shows you that voters are still really weighing
it's clear that that debate has really, really helped mitt romney. >> yeah, i don't think the romney campaign could have wanted to do any more with this debate than they did. if you look across the board at these numbers, wolf, romney has made gains in almost every area including somebody who's better able to improve the jobs situation. he leads -- romney leads obama by eight points on that. so whether it's on the economy, whether it's on leadership, he's now tied with the president. as...
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even giving president obama and mitt romney tips on their next debate. their advice? stick to the issues. >>> good-bye 55. more and more states up the speed limit despite more traffic fatalities. the question is, why? >>> 30 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom." we're just seconds away from the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. u.s. stocks set for a lower open at the new trading week begins. investors aren't really optimistic about a report on asia's economic outlook. executives from the security company adt are ringing the opening bell this morning. >>> venezuelan president hugo chavez thanking supporters and celebrating another victory. the leftist leader defeated his more moderate opponent to stay in office for six more years. chavez, who's been a vocal critic of the united states, as you know, he's often aligned himself with controversial world leaders. >>> with gas prices nearing $5 a gallon in california the governor is now getting involved. governor jerry brown has ordered
even giving president obama and mitt romney tips on their next debate. their advice? stick to the issues. >>> good-bye 55. more and more states up the speed limit despite more traffic fatalities. the question is, why? >>> 30 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom." we're just seconds away from the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. u.s. stocks set for a lower open at the new trading...
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>> the first presidential debate is the biggest debate or governor romney's life. didn't use the word stimulus or recovery act, mentioned some of the pluses. some people will say he's running from some of his accomplishments. but the overarching arc here is the democrats have three very good nights of produced television. they leave here with entertainment with a slight advantage. those presidential debates now, especially the first one. mitt romney has to come to play in that first debate or else the president has a big chance to win. >> the reason bill clinton was so effective, they've been trying to fact check him all day long -- >> he fact checks himself. >> but that is not even a joke. that is a serious thing. they hardly got him on anything. i think the key message was, look, in terms of tackling the deficit, one of the big issues for america, i went through tough times as president. i raised taxes and we ended up with a great prosperity. that's a powerful message from a guy who has been right where barack obama is, and raised some taxes and got the country o
>> the first presidential debate is the biggest debate or governor romney's life. didn't use the word stimulus or recovery act, mentioned some of the pluses. some people will say he's running from some of his accomplishments. but the overarching arc here is the democrats have three very good nights of produced television. they leave here with entertainment with a slight advantage. those presidential debates now, especially the first one. mitt romney has to come to play in that first...
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what about mitt romney? he won debate number two? you think he goes in with the same game plan or what? >> i think what mitt romney has to do is more of the same. i think what he did in first debate was make himself acceptable to certain people who may have had doubts about it. i mean, you can't fire the president unless you believe that the person who is running against him would be an acceptable president. and i think mitt romney crossed that threshold if you look at the polls. he's also got one other thing he's got do, brooke, every poll you take people say that mitt romney doesn't understand their problems. or doesn't understand the problems of the middle class. and mitt romney loses to the president by two to one, three to one. this is a town hall. he has to try and make it clear to the people in that room and to the people watching that he understands what they're going through, and that he has a plan to rescue them if they feel they're in a really big rut. >> talking to, talking with, not talking at. >> exactly. exactly. >> we
what about mitt romney? he won debate number two? you think he goes in with the same game plan or what? >> i think what mitt romney has to do is more of the same. i think what he did in first debate was make himself acceptable to certain people who may have had doubts about it. i mean, you can't fire the president unless you believe that the person who is running against him would be an acceptable president. and i think mitt romney crossed that threshold if you look at the polls. he's...
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mitt romney has made up quite a bit of ground since his first debate. a lot of people waiting to see what happens on the stage right behind me tuesday night. >> mark preston, thank you very much. candy crowley is host of cnn "state of the union." she's also the moderator of tuesday's presidential debate. it's a true honor for a very deserving journalist. and she has some interesting things to say about the town hall format and how she's preparing for the debate. >> it's interesting. i'm not sure if having interviewed both of them changes how i would approach either of them. i think it's more that i've interviewed both of them. i've interviewed presidents and candidates, so there's an ease there. actually neither one of them scare me in that sense. it is that we are having this other element of the town hall. and so the mixture of all of that and trying to keep that under control and on target and letting the people's voice from the town hall meeting come through. that's the sort of thing that keeps me awake at night, frankly. it's not these two guys. i
mitt romney has made up quite a bit of ground since his first debate. a lot of people waiting to see what happens on the stage right behind me tuesday night. >> mark preston, thank you very much. candy crowley is host of cnn "state of the union." she's also the moderator of tuesday's presidential debate. it's a true honor for a very deserving journalist. and she has some interesting things to say about the town hall format and how she's preparing for the debate. >> it's...
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there was one point during the debate where romney was trying to explain why he is not a career politician. newt gingrich went right after the former massachusetts governor and said that is a punch of pius baloney. mitt romney's starting to feel the heat of a front-runner. >> also controversy around the pink slip comment. what's that about? >> he was at an event today in ro rochester and sort of unprompted by the crowd or even or any of the questions he's facing from the press, he basically came out today and made this comment that he has feared for the loss of his job over the course of his lifetime. he said he knows what it's like to be afraid of the pink slip and it caught a lot of people, especially the press traveling with this campaign, off guard because as you know, his father was president of the -- went on to run for president. so mitt romney had led by almost all estimates, a fairly privileged childhoods. the other campaigns are starting to launch, seize on to this. the huntsman campaign, spokesman sent out an e-mail earlier this evening. the headline on the e-mail, don, was scar
there was one point during the debate where romney was trying to explain why he is not a career politician. newt gingrich went right after the former massachusetts governor and said that is a punch of pius baloney. mitt romney's starting to feel the heat of a front-runner. >> also controversy around the pink slip comment. what's that about? >> he was at an event today in ro rochester and sort of unprompted by the crowd or even or any of the questions he's facing from the press, he...
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what do we know about gop debate coach brett o'donnell working with romney? do you think it's going to stop gingrich's florida surge? >> brett o'donnell, a little bit of insider talk here, but really shows what happens when mitt romney becomes focused. that's what we saw last night during this debate. if we look back at that exchange right there, kyra, it shows that mitt romney was not waivering in anything. he was very direct in his criticism of newt gingrich. he was very direct in defending himself against any charges regarding, of course, what we heard about there, immigration, or about his own personal finances. brett o'donnell is somebody that you would never recognize on the street, but he's really a very important person in republican politics. he was michele bachmann's debate coach and one of her top advisors for her presidential run. if you remember back when she was running for president, she was very good in the debates. now brett o'donnell also is a long-time gop hand. he was john mccain's debate coach. he worked on bush/cheney. get this. where di
what do we know about gop debate coach brett o'donnell working with romney? do you think it's going to stop gingrich's florida surge? >> brett o'donnell, a little bit of insider talk here, but really shows what happens when mitt romney becomes focused. that's what we saw last night during this debate. if we look back at that exchange right there, kyra, it shows that mitt romney was not waivering in anything. he was very direct in his criticism of newt gingrich. he was very direct in...
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romney is a guy who has really benefited in a lot of ways from so many debates, conservatives going after each other, the polls going up and down based on performances in debates. romney has been apart from that for so long. this is one of those situations many people expect where all eyes turn on mitt romney, all the fire turns on mitt romney. we'll see how they do. also don't count out newt gingrich. this is a candidate who got very upset in iowa about the way he was treated by that pro romney super pac and all the negative ads. this will be his opportunity to really draw some sharp contrast with mitt romney. he said he's going to do just that, fred. >> we know newt gingrich really does revel in debates. he wants one every day if he could have it his way. all right. joe johns, thanks so much in manchester, new hampshire. >>> cnn's live team coverage of the new hampshire primary begins tuesday 7:00 p.m. eastern. you don't want to miss that. >>> of course before primary coverage, join us sunday tomorrow 4:00 eastern time for the contenders 2012. >>> all right. penn state university is set
romney is a guy who has really benefited in a lot of ways from so many debates, conservatives going after each other, the polls going up and down based on performances in debates. romney has been apart from that for so long. this is one of those situations many people expect where all eyes turn on mitt romney, all the fire turns on mitt romney. we'll see how they do. also don't count out newt gingrich. this is a candidate who got very upset in iowa about the way he was treated by that pro...
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. >> anderson, in fairness to mitt romney, he won most of these debates. he's extremely good, extraordinarily knowledgeable. >> you're saying mitt romney won has to debates? >> in most of them. didn't win the last one. in fairness, the last one was about five minutes. did extraordinarily well in the rest. he did extraordinarily well and so did santorum but everybody focused on the first five minutes. that's all that it took and newt had that thing -- in fairness, i agree he needs to be tougher. >> in answer to releasing the tax question, i think that came way after the first five minutes. >> you are right. you're absolutely right. >> that didn't help him, anderson. winning the debate is a subjective assessment. that really doesn't carry, has gingrich performed well and john king should be getting christmas gifts from newt for the rest of his life for that. what matters in the long run is the debate at the polls. in south carolina, where i talked to a lot of voters, i was down there also, they made their decision going into the polls, but they made it on th
. >> anderson, in fairness to mitt romney, he won most of these debates. he's extremely good, extraordinarily knowledgeable. >> you're saying mitt romney won has to debates? >> in most of them. didn't win the last one. in fairness, the last one was about five minutes. did extraordinarily well in the rest. he did extraordinarily well and so did santorum but everybody focused on the first five minutes. that's all that it took and newt had that thing -- in fairness, i agree he...
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. >> you never heard mitt romney say this. i think this is a debate helps mitt romney. thor mo it's fought over -- the more it's fought over the economic matters, i mean, president obama wants to blame everything on everybody who came before him. he acts like his economies aren't the cause of the bad economy we have right now. the more the election is fought on those issues the stronger it will be for mitt romney and the republicans. >> james -- >> how does a guy from the bush administration sit here and blame obama? i mean, it's obama who takes office and losing 750,000 jobs and then mitt romney wants to talk about carter. but if you say something about bush you can't do that. if you say somebody about bain -- you know, ari i didn't interrupt you. >> go ahead. >> people are complaining and whining about the bain thing forever. you get in the game, they'll come after you. you don't get to tell just your side of the story. they'll tell the side of obama, they'll say you lost jobs or did this. i'm saying his record at bain, he put it front and center. it is a very valid i
. >> you never heard mitt romney say this. i think this is a debate helps mitt romney. thor mo it's fought over -- the more it's fought over the economic matters, i mean, president obama wants to blame everything on everybody who came before him. he acts like his economies aren't the cause of the bad economy we have right now. the more the election is fought on those issues the stronger it will be for mitt romney and the republicans. >> james -- >> how does a guy from the bush...
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the debates started turning on mitt romney. take a listen. >> if his record was so great as governor of massachusetts why didn't you run for re-election? >> i went to massachusetts to make a difference. i didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. i made a difference. i put in place the things i wanted to do. >> can we drop a little bit of the bologna. you dropped out of office. been out of state preparing to run for president. you didn't have this interlude of citizenship while you thought about what to do. >> well, these debates, very interesting. weekend full of debates. let's introduce you to the folks we're talking with this morning. lloyd mcdonald, nice to you, sir. feel free to dig in and eat any of the fries you want. >> i don't think i need it. >> luke hanes is was as well. cnn senior political analyst and national journal editor, ron browns seen. and he zipped in at the last second. a little out of breath. political analyst for dmur, doing another job helping us out this morning as well.
the debates started turning on mitt romney. take a listen. >> if his record was so great as governor of massachusetts why didn't you run for re-election? >> i went to massachusetts to make a difference. i didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. i made a difference. i put in place the things i wanted to do. >> can we drop a little bit of the bologna. you dropped out of office. been out of state preparing to run for president. you didn't have...
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the president to make it part of the debate. romney and chris christie insists existing gun laws can get the job done. >> i think we've got enough gun laws now and it's time to aggressively enforce the gun laws we have. >> i still believe that the second amendment is the right course to preserve and defendant don't believe new laws will make a difference in this type of tragedy. >> some day they will be a shooting which you would think would trigger in the american psyche this i'm not going to take it anymore, i don't know what it is, we obviously haven't gotten there yet. but this cannot continue. >> mitt romney's position by the way has seemed to change over the years. he signed an assault weapon ban as governor of massachusetts. president obama has been laying low in the issue of gun control. he didn't bring up the subject and gun control advocates are expressing their disappoint with him. >>> video fit for an action flick. a state trooper chasing down an elderly driver going the wrong way on the interstate. this was last mon
the president to make it part of the debate. romney and chris christie insists existing gun laws can get the job done. >> i think we've got enough gun laws now and it's time to aggressively enforce the gun laws we have. >> i still believe that the second amendment is the right course to preserve and defendant don't believe new laws will make a difference in this type of tragedy. >> some day they will be a shooting which you would think would trigger in the american psyche this...
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romney would do to lower taxes, make them flatter, put the economy back on track. and then we'll be very welcome to have mr. forbes' endorsement. >> all right. >> and i'll welcome you to rick perry's victory party. >> all right, gentlemen, thanks. good to see you both. >> great to be with you both. >> all right. well, myth romney has won in iowa, he's won in new hampshire. but can he do it in south carolina? we've got an insider in south carolina, top of the g.o.p. says it's anyone's game right now. how much is a nickel really worth these days? this number is sure to surprise you. out front next. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to
romney would do to lower taxes, make them flatter, put the economy back on track. and then we'll be very welcome to have mr. forbes' endorsement. >> all right. >> and i'll welcome you to rick perry's victory party. >> all right, gentlemen, thanks. good to see you both. >> great to be with you both. >> all right. well, myth romney has won in iowa, he's won in new hampshire. but can he do it in south carolina? we've got an insider in south carolina, top of the g.o.p....
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. >> you haven't heard mitt romney say it. i think this is a debate that helps mitt romney. the more this election is fought over economic matters, president barack obama doesn't act as though he's been the president for the last three and a half years. he acts as if none of his policies has anything to do with the bad economy we have right now. more of the election fought on those issues, the stronger i think it's going to be for mitt romney and republicans. >> james? >> how does a guy from the bush administration sit here and blame obama? i mean, it's vexing. obama takes office losing 750,000 jobs and then mitt romney wants to talk about carter. but if you say something about bush, can't do that. if you say -- you know, ari, i didn't interrupt you. there are people complaining and whining about this bain thing forever. you get in this -- you get in the game, they're going to come after you. you don't get to tell only your side of the story. that's what happens when you run for re-election. i'm just simply saying that his record at bain, he put it front and center. it is a
. >> you haven't heard mitt romney say it. i think this is a debate that helps mitt romney. the more this election is fought over economic matters, president barack obama doesn't act as though he's been the president for the last three and a half years. he acts as if none of his policies has anything to do with the bad economy we have right now. more of the election fought on those issues, the stronger i think it's going to be for mitt romney and republicans. >> james? >> how...